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<h2><a name="Introduction">Introduction</a></h2>
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-<p>The <a href="../LICENSE_1_0.txt">Boost Software License</a> specifies the terms and
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-conditions of use for the Boost libraries covered by the license.</p>
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+<p>The <a href="../LICENSE_1_0.txt">Boost Software License</a>
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+specifies the terms and conditions of use for those Boost libraries
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+that it covers.</p>
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-<p>Some Boost libraries have their own licenses. The hope is that eventually all
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-Boost libraries will be covered by the Boost Software License.</p>
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+<p>Currently, some Boost libraries have their own licenses. The hope is that
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+eventually all Boost libraries will be covered by the Boost Software
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+License. In the meantime, <b>all</b> libraries comply with the <a
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+href="#requirements">Boost License requirements</a>.</p>
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<h2><a name="History">History</a></h2>
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@@ -51,6 +54,8 @@ if the license wording met legal needs.</p>
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the <a href="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu">Berkman Center for Internet & Society</a>
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at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. It was requested that a
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single Boost license be developed that met the traditional requirements that Boost licenses, particularly:</p>
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+
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+<a name="requirements"></a>
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<ul>
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<li>Must be simple to read and understand. </li>
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<li>Must grant permission without fee to copy, use and modify the software for
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@@ -131,10 +136,29 @@ license.</p>
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<h2><a name="FAQ">FAQ</a></h2>
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+<p><b>How should Boost programmers apply the license to source and
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+header files?</b></p>
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+
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+<p>Include a comment based on the following template, substituting
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+appropriate text for the italicized portion:
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+
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+<pre>
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+// Copyright <i>2004 Joe Coder</i>. Distributed under the Boost
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+// Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file
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+// LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
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+</pre>
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+
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+<p>Other ways of licensing source files have been considered, but some
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+of them turned out to unintentionally nullify legal elements of the
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+license. Having fixed language for referring to the license helps
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+corporate legal departments evaluate the boost distribution.
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+Creativity in license reference language is strongly discouraged.
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+
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<p><b>How is the Boost license different from the
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<a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php">GNU General Public
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License (GPL)</a>?</b></p>
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+
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<p>The Boost license permits the creation of derivative works for
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commercial or non-commercial use with no legal requirement to release
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your source code. Other differences include Boost not requiring
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@@ -209,9 +233,9 @@ contributed analysis of Boost issues and drafts of various legal documents.
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Boost members reviewed drafts of the license. Beman Dawes wrote this web page.</p>
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<hr>
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<p>Revised
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-<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->03 December, 2003<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39365" --></p>
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+<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->03 April, 2004<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39365" --></p>
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-<p> © Copyright Beman Dawes, Daniel Frey 2003.</p>
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+<p> © Copyright 2003-2004 Beman Dawes, Daniel Frey, David Abrahams.</p>
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<p> Use, modification, and distribution are subject to the Boost Software
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License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file <a href="../LICENSE_1_0.txt">
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LICENSE_1_0.txt</a> or copy at <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">
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